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High-level scientists aren’t the only ones who are part of the team creating a Zika vaccine. Some service members are part of the testing process, too.
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Posted in DoD News, Education, Force of the Future, Inside the DoD, Rotator
Tagged Chris Springer, Dr. Kenneth Eckels, flavivirus, medical laboratory tech, Pilot Bioproduction Facility, Sanofi Pasteur, STEM, vaccine, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Zika, Zika Purified Inactivated Vaccine, ZPIV
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A small clinical trial of a malaria vaccine candidate recently showed 100-percent protection against the disease, meaning a first-generation vaccine may be ready in 4 to 5 years.
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Posted in Armed With Science Saturday, Defense Discussions, Rotator
Tagged American Forces Press Service, Army, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Dr. Judith Epstein, Food and Drug Administration, Malaria Vaccine, malaria vaccine candidate, National Institutes of Health, Naval Medical Research Center, Plasmodium falciparum parasite, vaccine, Vaccine Research Center, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
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